Overview
In this role, you own regional water-sector accounts, leading client relationships and growth while staying connected to delivery. You will balance account leadership with practical delivery and framework support, shaping opportunities and guiding cross-functional teams. You’ll engage with senior stakeholders, coordinate bid activity, and ensure client success and commercial performance. This is a chance to influence water-sector outcomes within a collaborative, globally connected practice.
Pay / Benefits
- work-life balance
- hybrid working policy (home 2 days/week)
- Inclusive and belonging culture
- Thrive health & wellbeing programme
- Virtual GP service
- Gymflex scheme (up to 40% off gym memberships)
Responsibilities
- Act as Account Lead or Client Director for strategic water-sector accounts
- Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders and regional decision-makers
- Develop client plans, pipelines, and action plans aligned with WSP strategy
- Provide regional oversight and coordinate framework managers and delivery teams
- Lead pre-positioning, capture planning and bid activity for priority opportunities
- Support bid teams with client-focused proposals reflecting capabilities and market needs
- Represent WSP at client meetings and industry forums
- Maintain partial billable work on selected projects to stay connected to delivery
- Support delivery quality, commercial performance, client satisfaction, and risk management
- Coach and mentor project managers and technical leads to strengthen delivery and growth
Key requirements
- Experience building trusted client relationships in B2B or framework environments
- Business development experience covering opportunity identification, capture planning and bid leadership
- Experience in water, utilities, regulated infrastructure, environmental programmes, or local government frameworks
- Commercial awareness including pipeline management, bid decisions, delivery risk and profitability
- Ability to connect client insight with technical capability across multidisciplinary teams
- Delivery background in programme/project management, cost or commercial management, or advisory services
- Collaborative leadership style with influence across teams
- Flexibility to travel within the region and to other UK locations
- relationship-building
- commercial awareness
- collaborative leadership
- CRM and pipeline management systems
- project controls or reporting tools
- Microsoft 365 collaboration environments
Regional Account Lead, Water Sector PMCM in Birmingham employer: WSP Group
At WSP, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration among our talented team. As a Major Projects Executive in Western Australia, you will not only lead transformative transport infrastructure projects but also benefit from executive-level remuneration, flexible working arrangements, and robust leadership development pathways. Join us to make a meaningful impact while enjoying the support of a close-knit community dedicated to your professional growth and well-being.
